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DEVOTIONS
FOR JUNE
THINKING
ABOUT THE FRUITS OF THE SPIRIT
Paul
tells the
Galatians: Live by the Spirit and do
not gratify the desires of the flesh….the fruit of the Spirit is love,
joy,
peace, patience, kindness, generosity, faithfulness, gentleness, and
self-control. There is no law against
such things. (Galatians 5:16-22)
This
month as we read about the fruit of the Spirit that is patience, I
invite us to reflect on the ways we need “patience”:
in our emotional lives, in our daily lives, in
our relationships with families and friends, our communities and our
world, when
we make requests to God. How many ways
do we learn patience as we journey through our lives?
--Pastor Janis
Prayer
for patience: Teach us, gracious Lord, to
begin our deeds with reverence, to go on with obedience, and to finish
them in
love; and then to wait patiently in hope and with cheerful confidence
to look
up to you, whose promises are faithful and reward infinite; through
Jesus
Christ. (George Hickes in The
Tuesday,
June 1
Deuteronomy 38:1-8
Wednesday,
June 2
Psalm 27:1-5
Thursday,
June 3
Psalm 32:1-7
Friday,
June 4
Psalm 37:1-7
Saturday,
June 5 Psalm
46:1-7
PRAYER: Dear
Lord, it is so hard for us not to be anxious. We
worry about work and money, about food and
health, about weather and crops, about war and politics, about loving
and being
loved. Show us how perfect love casts
out fear. (Monica Furlong in The
Sunday,
June 6
Psalm
84:1-12
Monday,
June 7
Psalm 91:1-16
Tuesday,
June 8
Psalm
125:1-5
Wednesday,
June 9
Proverbs
3:5-12
Thursday,
June 10
Proverbs
Friday,
June 11
Proverbs
Saturday,
June 12 Proverbs
PRAYER: Set
free, O
Lord, the souls of your servants from all restlessness and anxiety. Give us that peace and power which flow from
you. Keep us in all perplexity and
distress, that upheld by your strength and stayed on the rock of your
faithfulness we may abide in you now and evermore.
(Francis Paget in The
Sunday,
June 13
Isaiah 32:16-20
Monday,
June 14
Jeremiah
17:5-10
Tuesday,
June 15 Luke
Wednesday,
June 16
Luke
Thursday,
June 17
John
Friday,
June 18
Romans
5:1-8
Saturday,
June 19 Romans
PRAYER:
Lord
Jesus help
us to trust you even when we are going through the most trying times of
our
lives; to know that you are there with us and that your faithfulness is
just. Amen. (World
Vision in The
Sunday,
June 20
2 Corinthians 4:1-10
Monday,
June 21
Galatians
6:7-10
Tuesday,
June 22 Philippians
4:4-19
Wednesday,
June 23
Hebrews
6:1-12
Thursday,
June 24
Hebrews
Friday,
June 25
Hebrews 13:1-6
Saturday,
June 26 James
1:2-8
PRAYER: O
God, we
confess to you that we do not prepare ourselves to hear your voice. We know that we are rarely attuned to
you. We admit that you could shout
loudly and we still might not listen to your words.
We know that we don’t pray often enough.
We say we don’t have time. We
confess that we want immediate results….We
are impatient if we don’t get results this quickly from our praying. Forgive us, O God. Help
us to learn that allowing ourselves to
trust you takes time and effort on our part. We
pray these things in your name. Amen. (Holly W. Whitcomb in The
Sunday,
June 27
James
5:7-11
Monday,
June 28
I
Peter 2:20-25
Tuesday,
June 29
I Peter
5:6-11
Wednesday,
June 30
2 Peter 1:2-11
WORDS
FOR
REFLECTION: [God]
who, from
zone to zone,
Guides
through the boundless sky thy
certain flight,
In
the long way that I must tread alone,
Will
lead my steps aright.
--“To A Waterfowl,” Wm. Cullen
Bryant
DAILY
DEVOTIONS will return in the fall. Have a
wonderful summer!